Durban panchang, 27 August 2024
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 01:19 Shravana month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:37- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:33 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 09:07 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:20
- Gulika Kalam 11:57 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam 14:47 – 16:12
- 10:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:08 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:01 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:37 to 06:16 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 22:03 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:11 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 22:03
- Nakshatra Rohini until 12:08 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 17:01
- Karana Taitila until 10:22, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:08 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:01 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 22:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 22:03 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:11 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:33 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:12
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:01 – 18:13
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:36 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:17 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:42 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Char | 09:07 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 11:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:57 – 13:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:22 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:47 – 16:12 | Good |
| Rog | 16:12 – 17:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:37 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:12 – 20:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:47 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 23:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:56 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 03:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:06 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:41 – 06:16 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:04 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:47 NowVenus
- 15:44 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:47 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:17 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:49 Cancer
- 05:49 – 07:16 Leo
- 07:16 – 08:39 Virgo
- 08:39 – 10:13 Libra
- 10:13 – 12:08 Scorpio
- 12:08 – 14:23 Sagittarius
- 14:23 – 16:45 Capricorn
- 16:45 – 19:03 Aquarius
- 19:03 – 21:21 Pisces
- 21:21 – 23:41 Aries
- 23:41 – 02:01 next day Taurus
- 02:01 – 04:04 next day Gemini
- 04:04 – 05:46 next day Cancer
- 05:46 – 06:16 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method